单词 | valediction |
释义 | valedictionn. 1. The action of bidding or saying farewell (to a person, etc.); an instance of this; a farewell or leave-taking. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > [noun] > parting salutation > saying farewell or leave-taking leave-taking1448 leavec1540 congee1577 valediction1614 goodbying1811 1614 J. Donne Lett. (1651) 197 For I must do this, as a valediction to the world, before I take Orders. 1655 H. L'Estrange Reign King Charles 3 There [were]..such dear accollado's..at their valediction and parting, as eye scarce ever beheld the like. 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 324 After a formal Valediction ashore, the next day we passed the Straits. 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) II. 68 [Gustavus III] after the last valediction to the queen and prince, died. 1872 J. S. Le Fanu In a Glass Darkly I. 158 They parted with a hurried and melancholy valediction. 2. An utterance, discourse, etc., made at (or by way of) leave-taking or bidding farewell. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speech-making > [noun] > a speech > for specific occasion or purpose His Majesty's Speech1583 New Year1595 panegyry1602 panegyric1603 remembrancea1616 valediction1619 panegyris1646 areopagitic1649 Hesped1650 allocution1689 maiden speech1702 Speech from the Throne1751 patter1772 inaugural1832 acceptance speech1855 oraison funèbre1856 keynote speech1863 keynote address1891 valedictory1892 keynote1896 pep speech1912 pep talk1913 the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > [noun] > parting salutation farewell1393 adieua1425 bonally1488 goodbye1575 vale1583 adios1592 valediction1619 ave1634 vale-dictum1638 sayonara1872 bye-bye1875 hasta la vista1888 valedictory1892 bye1935 arrivederci1938 1619 J. Hales Let. 22 Jan. 71 in Golden Remains (1659) I dealt with Mr. Præses concerning a Copy of M. Deans Valediction to the Synod. 1641 H. L'Estrange Gods Sabbath 73 The Spirit of Comfort (which in his late valediction he promised to send his Apostles). 1658 Sir T. Browne Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall iv. 56 Their last valediction thrice uttered by the attendants was also very solemn. 1834 E. Bulwer-Lytton Last Days of Pompeii II. iii. x. 160 He stayed not to hear the valediction or the thanks of the witch. 1863 Q. Rev. July 203 The truly Yankee valediction, ‘I guess we will all go home, and so, good night’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1614 |
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